Thousands of feet high in the sky, the strong wind howled.
Zhang Yao controlled the flying sword and transformed into a stream of yellow light, whizzing across the sky.
"The scenery from this high place is truly magnificent..."
Zhang Yao stood on the flying sword with his hands behind his back, overlooking the vast mountains and rivers below, feeling relaxed and happy.
At the middle stage of Qi refining, he could control the flying sword, a low-level magic weapon, at a speed of more than ten feet in an instant, which was not much different from the magic movement technique on the ground.
But this feeling of flying in the sky, elegant and comfortable, is incomparable to running on the ground, and it is quite intoxicating.
"boom!"
After Zhang Yao flew hundreds of miles in one breath, he lowered his flying sword to escape and landed in a deep mountain.
His magic power is not very strong, he can only fly so far in one breath, and he is reluctant to refine spiritual stones, so he can only meditate to refine his Qi and slowly replenish his magic power.
On average, you can fly more than a thousand miles in a day.
However, this was a straight-line distance, and there was no need to consider the obstacles of mountains, rivers, etc. He flew all the way north and arrived at the border of Lu State in three days.
"The deserted zone is coming soon..."
After approaching the border, Zhang Yao's expression became more solemn.
Hundreds of miles away in the sky, he could see the dead yellow-brown color at the end of the skyline.
After traveling hundreds of miles:
As far as the eye can see, there are no green mountains, green waters, wilderness and hills, but only endless, flat, bare earth and stone ground, without even a single grass or tree on it.
The vast yellow-brown land smells of desolation and death, as if it has broken into a strange world.
This is the barren strip that divides the country.
"This thing is definitely not natural. I really don't know where it came from..."
Zhang Yaofei was flying high in the sky, with a hint of thinking in his eyes.
As early as more than a hundred years ago, when he traveled through the Nineteen States looking for traces of the Immortal Family, he came to the border, but he did not dare to cross it, so he kept wandering around the territory of Lu.
In the classics handed down from the Nineteen States, there are actually records about foreign countries, but there are almost no records of trade and intermarriage. Only occasionally did masters try to cross over. The travel notes handed down all indicate the customs and scenery of foreign countries, and the customs and scenery of the Nineteenth State. There is not much difference between states.
Later, he learned from the records of Lunan that the national border dividing the "Hundred Kingdoms of the Central Plains" was called the "Desolate Belt."
These desolate zones range from hundreds of miles in width to thousands of miles in width. There is no vitality and spiritual energy in them, making it difficult for mortals to cross. Immortal cultivators must also be extra careful.
"The territory of the nineteen states of Lu has existed since ancient times. No matter how many times the dynasty changed, it has never increased or decreased."
"It can be seen that the pattern of the hundreds of countries in the Central Plains has been formed for at least tens of thousands of years, and it is probably related to the rumored ancient destruction..."
Zhang Yao thought about this, felt his own state, and couldn't help but frown.
The spiritual energy in the barren zone was exhausted and much thinner than that in the Lu State. He could hardly absorb external spiritual energy and could only rely on his own magic power.
In this way, the mana during the flight will be depleted very quickly and cannot be replenished, which means that the collected spiritual stones can only be refined.
"Hey, I'm still poor."
Zhang Yao showed a hint of physical pain, but he had to take out the spirit stone, hold it in his palm, and refine and absorb it while flying away.
He couldn't stay in the desolate zone for too long, otherwise there would be a risk of spiritual energy escaping and mana being reversed. He would rather spend two more spiritual stones than waste time.
"No wonder it's rare for foreign cultivators to move into the Lu Kingdom in a hundred years."
"It turns out that crossing the deserted area is so difficult, who would go to the remote countryside without any trouble?"
He thought of Zhao He and Jiang Rou back then.
The two of them had no spiritual stones on their bodies, so they had stored a large amount of Jade Dew and Bigu Pills in advance. Relying on this supply of spiritual energy, they set foot on the road north to Weiguo.
If you are completely poor, you won't even be qualified to leave the State of Lu, and you will have to be trapped and die in the shoals.
Several hours later, after consuming most of the spiritual energy of a spiritual stone, Zhang Yao finally escaped and left the barren area, seeing green waters and green mountains again.
"Buzz!"
The moment he crossed the barren zone, the mana in his body was flowing, greedily devouring the spiritual energy around him.
Zhang Yao couldn't help but stop the light escape, let out a long breath, his expression relaxed a lot, and put away the spirit stone.
"It really feels like I'm back in the world again..."
He turned his head and glanced at the deserted area behind him, then looked at the green mountains and dense forests in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.
"When I get to Weiguo, I'm afraid I will have to consume at least three or four spiritual stones."
The Hundred Kingdoms of the Central Plains is just a virtual reference. In fact, there are far more than a hundred countries, which can be said to be boundless and vast.
Wei State is more than 10,000 miles away from Lu State, and we have to pass through three barren belts on the way to reach it.
This is the closest and most well-known great country for cultivating immortals among the nineteen states of the Lu State.
"boom!"
Zhang Yao lowered his flying sword to escape the light, landed on the top of the mountain, and began to sit cross-legged and meditate, swallowing spiritual energy to replenish his mana.
During this refining process, he was keenly aware that the abundance of spiritual energy in this strange country was significantly better than that of Lu.
"It seems that the rumors in the world of immortality are true."
"The closer you get to the center of the Hundred Kingdoms of the Central Plains, the more abundant the spiritual energy becomes, just like the convergence of hundreds of rivers."
When Zhang Yao thought about this, he felt excited.
…………
Half a month later.
The southern border of Weiguo.
"boom!"
The yellow streamer cut through the sky, passed through the barren zone, and slowly fell into a valley.
Zhang Yao put away his flying sword, took a deep breath, and tried to absorb the spiritual energy for refining. He suddenly felt a little surprised.
The abundance of spiritual energy around him was actually about two or three times that of Lu State!
"Although it is not as good as Tiandu Mountain's spiritual veins, it is in the ordinary realm."
"No wonder the immortal cultivators from the Lu Kingdom will come to defend the country one after another as soon as they break through the middle stage of Qi refining and have the power to protect themselves. The gap in the spiritual energy environment is really too big!"
"Even if you are enjoying the glory and wealth, an environment with abundant spiritual energy is obviously much more comfortable..."
Zhang Yao immediately sat down cross-legged, meditating and refining his Qi, trying to restore his magic power as soon as possible.
A few hours later.
Zhang Yao was full of energy and his magic power was restored as before, so he took out the jade slip left by Lunan and entered the magic power.
The contents of the jade slips were already familiar to him over the years, but in order to prevent memory errors, he still had to compare them.
"Well... this should be one of the border states in the southern part of the Wei Kingdom."
"It's at least more than five thousand miles away from Qingyunfang City in the Sanjiang River Valley..."
Zhang Yao checked the terrain map and put the jade slip away.
The territory of Wei State is far larger than that of Lu State. The country's title has been passed down for thousands of years. The royal family has changed many times, but the underground spiritual veins will not change.
Thanks to the fact that loose cultivators from the Lu State enter the Wei State all year round and occasionally return, the immortal cultivators in the Lu State have no shortage of knowledge about various basic information about the Wei State.
Qingyunfang City is the largest city in the Wei Kingdom. It is built on a small spiritual line and is the center for many immortal cultivators to trade and communicate with each other.
"Go to the market first. If it's not much different from what's in the intelligence, try to join them."
Zhang Yao soon had his next plan in mind.
With his current cultivation level, no matter which side he joins, he can only be a peripheral member. Once a war breaks out, he will be cannon fodder.
Relatively speaking, the management of Fangshi is looser and the information is better informed. If something happens, you can get the news in advance and run away early.
Therefore, joining Qingyunfang City is his first choice.
